The Acting Company saluted Tony and Olivier winner Patti LuPone (Evita, Anything Goes, Gypsy, Master Class, Les Miserables, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), a founding member and board director of the classical repertory Company, March 12 at The Kaye Playhouse with an evening titled Patti's Turn, which featured a mix of songs and stories.

MARC Patti, we wrote something for you last year when you were honored by THE DRAMA LEAGUE. SCOTT We wanted to find the time to write you something new for tonight, but that idea was SMASHED by SMASH where we have had to write over 200 songs...

MARC...since lunch.

SCOTT But we did come up with a new intro!

(sung to the tune of "YOU'RE THE TOP")

AT WORDS PROLIFIC WE'RE QUITE TERRIFIC SO WHEN PATTI WAS FÊTED LAST WE GOT OUR PAPER AND PEN OUT FAST WE WERE SO GASSED WE'D BEEN ASKED

BUT NOW THIS SEASON WE TWO ARE WHEEZING MAKING TV'S LIKE MAKING WAR

SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION THIS YEAR'S EDITION WILL BE THE SAME WORDS WE SANG BEFORE

YOU'RE THE TOP YOU'RE THE STAR OF GYPSY YOU'RE THE TOP EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TIPSY

YOU'RE A JUILL'ARD GRAD WHO HAS LED A LAD OR TWO YOU ARE PART VAUDEVILLIAN YOU'RE PART SICILIAN YOU'RE 10% JEW (on your accountant's side)

YOU'RE THE TOP YOU ARE RENO SWEENEY YOU'RE THE TOP YOU MAKE A MEAN LINGUINI

WE'RE A DESPERATE TWO WE'RE JUST LOWLIFES WHO SHOULD STOP BUT IF PATTI WE'RE THE BOTTOM YOU'RE THE TOP

YOU'RE A TOOL THAT THE STAGE WAS MADE FOR YOU'RE THE POOL THAT LLOYD WEBBER PAID FOR

YOU'RE A DIVA WHO THE WHOLE WORLD LOVES TO APPLAUD IN THE WORDS OF MAMET SHIT, FUCK, GODDAMMIT YOU'RE QUITE A BROAD! YOUR NAME'S FLARED HIGH ON BROADWAY BANNERS YOU'RE NOT SCARED TO TEACH AUDIENCE MANNERS

WE WRITE BROADWAY SHOWS WE SHOULD QUIT AND CLOSE UP SHOP BUT IF PATTI WE'RE THE BOTTOM YOU'RE THE TOP!

YOU'RE THE SPARK THAT LIT UP "EVITA" IN THE DARK YOU COULD PLAY "LOLITA"

IT'S ST. PATTI'S DAY WHEN YOU CLICK BROADWAY DOT COM YOU'RE A FRENCH CAN-CAN YOU'RE A HOCKEY FAN YOU'RE JOSH'S MOM

YOU'RE "FANTINE" YOU GOT BROADWAY VOODOO EVERY QUEEN WANTS TO SING LIKE YOU DO

MARC'S A WORTHLESS HACK SCOTT MIGHT JUST BRING BACK "THE FOP" BUT IF PATTI WE'RE THE BOTTOM BUT IF PATTI WE'RE THE BOTTOM BUT IF PATTI WE'RE THE BOTTOM YOU'RE THE TOP!

"Patti was with us in the beginning," stated Margot Harley, The Acting Company's producing artistic director, "and has never really left. She toured for our first four seasons and has continued to entertain for us, raise money for us and serves on our board of directors. Patti is a beloved member of The Acting Company family and we are proud to salute her and her extraordinary career. Will Patti sing for her supper? Yes!"

The Acting Company, the Tony Award-winning touring classical repertory Company, recently began its 39th national tour at the Guthrie Theater and will play New York's Baruch Performing Arts Center in April presenting Julius Caesar, a new production directed by Rob Melrose of San Francisco’s Cutting Ball Theater, and The Comedy of Errors, directed by Ian Belknap.

Founded by John Houseman and Margot Harley in 1972, The Acting Company has brought classical and new works to under-served communities and into disadvantaged schools in 49 states and 10 foreign countries earning a Tony for Excellence in Theater, Obies, Audelcos and Los Angeles Critics Circle Awards.